You may have noticed a little bit of a buzz around HTML 5 but maybe you're not quite sure what it means?
Well, this new implementation of the HTML standards is very interesting and full of potential for developers and their clients alike.
There are new mark up features like <audio>, <video> and <canvas> which can be used to describe bits of web pages that are becoming more and more common. As well as semantic upgrades such as <nav>, <header> and <article>
But HTML 5 has a lot more to offer than mark up extensions - it is the SQL Lite and Local Storage functionality that is really exciting for us. With more and more of our clients asking for websites that are database driven and user focused, HTML 5 offers another option too meet these demands.
We've already implemented a HTML SQL Lite database in a Blackberry WebWorks App which allowed us to limit the amount of connections we needed to make to the clients online MySQL server - with mobile development this is obviously important. Mobile connections to a server can be costly - both in terms of financial implications and the strain on the device memory and processor - so we reduced that significantly by using a local version of the data stored within a HTML 5 SQL Lite database.
This is something that we will be looking at more in the future as we start to work on some exciting new projects for our clients.
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